This is an analysis of the poem The Countryman Who Sought His Calf that begins with:

A COUNTRYMAN, one day, his calf had lost,
And, seeking it, a neighbouring forest crossed;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0100110111 11000100101 0101100101 1101010101 1101000101 0111010111 11001011101 1101010101 1101010001 0110010101 1111010111 1101110101 0111011101 1111010101 1101110101 1110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 708
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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